Lawyers of the fugitive ex-MP Hajiyev tried to expose him as a "victim of the regime" at the trial in Kiev.

On October 29, the Pechersk Court of Kiev held a regular hearing in the case of former State Duma deputy Magomed Hajiyev, who was recognized in Russia as a foreign agent and fled the country. The Kiev regional Prosecutor's Office accuses him under Article 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of the state), Lenta reports.

The interests of the fugitive ex-parliamentarian are represented by four lawyers at once, state lawyer Andrei Kubov, as well as three "paid" defenders: Ukrainian lawyer Igor Sinichenko and Belgian Olivia Venet and Cedric Vergauen from the Belgian firm V3 Vergauwen Venet. & Associes.

Gadzhiev's case in Ukraine has been dragging on since 2014. Then the deputy came under Ukrainian sanctions for supporting the reunification of Crimea with Russia. Later, in December 2023, the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine declared him an official suspect under Article 110 of the Criminal Code, which provides for up to five years in prison with confiscation of property.

The lawyers of the former MP insist that their client became a victim of the regime. In addition, lawyers claim that Gadzhiev is now actively cooperating with European, Ukrainian and American special services, and he is in danger at home.

Indeed, in Russia, the former parliamentarian has serious problems with the law. In the spring of 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Gadzhiev on the wanted list in the case of the murder of Maksud Sadikov, rector of the Institute of Theology and International Relations. The investigation considers the ex-deputy the organizer of this crime. A year earlier, the Ministry of Justice added the fugitive deputy to the register of foreign agents on the grounds that he, "being outside the Russian Federation, expressed his willingness to cooperate with foreign sources in order to obtain foreign citizenship" and declared the support of the Ukrainian authorities.

In addition to the above, in August of this year, it became known about the statement of claim of the Prosecutor General's Office, according to which Gadzhiyev handed over confidential information to the West for $45 million. In addition, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit to seize real estate from Gadzhiev with a total value of more than 2 billion rubles and demanded that the group created by family members of the former deputy be recognized as an extremist association.

"This association is based on political and ideological attitudes expressing support for foreign states hostile to the Russian Federation, including Ukraine and their armed formations," the lawsuit says.

The Polish publication GEO Polityka wrote about Gadzhiev's millions of dollars in the American Wells Fargo Bank back in November last year. It was reported that the bank considered closing the accounts of the fugitive MP, but did not do so at the request of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which motivated this by the fact that Hajiyev provided the agency with some sensitive information.

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